G I would of never thought you would say something negative about tesla ?
A long, long time ago I worked for a PC manufacturer (starts with "D" and rhymes with "hell") in software, but I could always pick up extra shifts in the factory at the end-of-quarter push.
If this is your third Tesla, then you evidently have already made the decision that the plusses outweigh the negatives. So just sit back, remember this and let Tesla have some time to fix the problem.
Was it Boeing? ?A long, long time ago I worked for a PC manufacturer (starts with "D" and rhymes with "hell") in software, but I could always pick up extra shifts in the factory at the end-of-quarter push.
One such quarter, they had me tearing-down desktops that failed the burn-in test. I quickly discovered the reason for the failures: the hard drives were mounted to a flat metal plate, and when installed with the circuit board facing down, there was a paper-thin clearance between the plate and the soldier joints. A little vibration was enough to sometimes short out the drive. The fix was to simply mount the drives inverted.
I showed this to the floor manager, who quickly relayed this to the line workers, and had me rework all the failed machines. But when I pointed to the mountain of boxed systems ready for shipment, he just shrugged and said "if any of those fail, they'll send them back."
Unless you're building parts for the space program, there's always an acceptable margin for failure rate. ?‍
Just curious, why so many vehicles? In my 40 years of driving, I've owned 6 cars (two of which I still have), and the Cybertruck is only my 2nd new vehicle purchase.
Had a brand new 2001 Chevy Tahoe tranny fail with like 26k miles on it. Ended up making me pay for half of a new one. Still went and bought a new one in 2010 then bought a a duramax in 2015. Not one issue with those. I love me a Chevy truck! As you said new cars fail sometimes it’s luck of the draw
Most people turn in vehicles well before they hit 6 years old. Commonly 3-5 years, before repairs become commonplace.
No loaner was available when I dropped the CT off, they told me to wait around and maybe someone would return a loaner I could take but another customer was ahead of me.... so after waiting a couple of hours I left because I had work I needed to do and the Tesla lounge wasn't conducive to conducting business.
Well, I bought my first used car as a 16 year old burger flipper and I’m now substantially older than I’ve also bought all of my wife’s vehicles as well as extra family vehicles.
I thought the same but sitting here counting I was surprised at my self I’m 50 from 16 I’ve owned
I dunno if it's "most" people, but certainly those with the means will trade up before the warranty expires.
Maybe tesla should stop doing things like handwaving QC issues for sales numbers, if they don't want to be called out on those issues.
I do.
